Cattle

The first batch of the consignment was dispatched from Costa Rica in first week of July. (Image source: Tambako the Jaguar/Flickr)

Costa Rican dairy cooperative Don Pinos has dispatched the first batch of a milk consignment to China as part of a deal between the two countries to export two 31,500 litre tankers of milk to China

Demand for beef in China has gone up rapidly after the countrys poultry industry was hit by bird flu

China and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations have stepped up cooperation in animal disease control and detection

Chinese beef imports have registered a record 812 per cent year-on-year increase in January 2013